Nutrients What They Are And Why They Are Needed

Anyone that grows crops of pot plants knows that they need nutrients and this comes from plant food or fertilizer. What will be found in these plant foods or fertilizers is nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, along with other trace elements. Some of these trace elements include baron, copper, molybdenum, calcium, sulphur and magnesium, manganese, iron and zinc.

These are all necessary in the health of the growing crop, they are measured in an N-P-K format, this stands for N = Nitrogen, P = Phosphorus, K = Potassium. There are fertilizers that are 15 – 15 – 15 of the N-P-K, and there are also plant foods that are 20 – 10 – 10, this is 20 percent Nitrogen, 10 percent Phosphorus and 10 percent Potassium.

When growing a marijuana crop, the manufacturers directions should not be followed during the first two weeks of life, as it will be to strong for weed plants. It should also not be mixed to the directions during the first two weeks of flowering; instead during these two times the plant food should be mixed so that it is half strength. This means if the direction call for adding one tablespoon of plant food for a gallon of water, it should be mixed so that it is ½ tablespoon of plant food per gallon of water.

The plant food is to strong for the delicate seedlings and during the first two weeks of flowering and can cause problems such as burn ends on the leaves and other signs that the chemical mixture is harming the plant.